State ex rel. Sutton v. State

183 So. 3d 494, 2015 La. LEXIS 2395, 2015 WL 7211110
CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana
DecidedNovember 16, 2015
DocketNo. 2015-KH-0229
StatusPublished

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State ex rel. Sutton v. State, 183 So. 3d 494, 2015 La. LEXIS 2395, 2015 WL 7211110 (La. 2015).

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

| denied. Relator’s claim concerning the state’s suppression of exculpatory evidence is repetitive- pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.4 and meritless under the standard set forth in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963).

Relator has now fully litigated his application for post-conviction relief in state court. Similar to-federal habeas relief, see 28 U.S.C. § 2244, Louisiana post-conviction procedure envisions the filing of a second or successive application only under the narrow circumstances provided in La.C„Cr.P. art. 930.4 and within the limitations period as set out in La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8. Notably, the Legislature in 2013 La. Acts 251 amended that article to make the procedural bars against,successive filings mandatory. Relator’s claims have now been fully litigated in accord with La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.6, and this denial is fmal. Hereafter, unless he can show that one of the narrow exceptions authorizing the filing of a successive application applies, relator has exhausted his right to state collateral review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.

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Brady v. Maryland
373 U.S. 83 (Supreme Court, 1963)

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